Provided is a composition which contains various kinds of foods, has good shape retention properties and excellent adhesiveness, and can be used in various use applications and therefore has various usage properties. A paste containing food microparticles, which contains at least one type of food microparticles selected from seed microparticles, cereal microparticles, bean microparticles, alga microparticles, vegetable microparticles and fruit microparticles and an oil or fat, and meets all of the requirements (1) to (5) and also meets at least one of the requirements (6-1) to (6-3): (1) the content of the food microparticles is 15 to 85% by mass inclusive； (2) the total oil or fat content is 20 to 75% by mass inclusive； (3) when the paste is subjected to an ultrasonic treatment, the mode diameter after the treatment is 0.3 to 200 µm inclusive； (4) the water content is 20 to 80% by mass inclusive； (5) the largest particle diameter is more than 100 µm； (6-1) the contact angle as measured on a clean glass surface that is left to stand horizontally at a measurement temperature of 20°C is 40 to 160° inclusive； (6-2) the sliding angle as measured on a clean glass surface at a measurement temperature of 20°C is 50° or more； and (6-3) the advancing contact angle as measured on a clean glass surface at a measurement temperature of 20°C at an inclination angle of 45° is 50° or more.
